“We’ve got to take this stuff seriously, as seriously as you are because you have been forced to take this seriously,” Harris said to the press and Highland Park residents.

“These are the first of many charges that will be filed against Mr. Crimo,” Lake County State’s Attorney Eric Rinehart told reporters, adding that he expects dozens more charges to be filed against Robert “Bobby” Crimo III.

A disaster proclamation grants the state the ability to expedite the use of state resources, personnel, or equipment to help affected communities recover.

Ald. Devon Reid will argue to eliminate an ordinance that bans throwing rocks at people or buildings and another that requires obedience to police in public places. A third proposal would restrict the scope of an ordinance that makes it illegal to resist the police or to aid someone in trying to escape from police custody.

As officers removed three men from the four-door truck, bystanders swooped in to record the incident on their phones. “Let them go! Kim Foxx says let them go! Lawsuit! Lawsuit!” a man yelled in a video that has since been removed from the Citizen app

“In the end, what matters most is Chicago’s ability to generate well-paying jobs, which in turn are filled with skilled employees, who help make the city a good place to live and work. Although employment rates in the Chicago area tend to lag behind the national level, the city still maintains a critical mass of jobs that attracts bright young people who put down roots.”

Four officers were injured responding to scenes in Portage Park, Downtown and Archer Heights, police said. Three people were arrested after the Downtown attack.

“While it’s good to get salary increases or additional perks, why did they have to make the kids suffer for that? Why leave the classroom, go to the picket line and neglect the students with no teacher? There’s no point being a teacher if there’s no students, and if you’re not teaching, why be with the union?” former CTU member Joe Ocol said.

“Jesus Christ couldn’t tell me to vote for [Lightfoot] again. If he came down and said, ‘LaRita, vote for her,’ I’d have to say, ‘I’m sorry, I’m not going to be able to do it.’ It’s a mess, she’s a mess,” resident LaRita said after a shooting in the Grand Boulevard neighborhood.

“It’s too soon to tell. We are just creeping into the summer. It’s always June, July, August that adds the biggest count to the total.” said Northwestern professor Wesley Skogan, of the Institute for Policy Research, who added at least one note of hope. “The really bad years are the ones that start off badly,” Skogan said, nodding to the declines in the statistics.

Five adults were pronounced dead at the scene and another person, whose age was not given, died at the hospital, the Lake County Coroner said. NorthShore Highland Park Hospital said they received 26 total patients, including four to five children, and 25 had gunshot wounds. Nineteen victims have been treated and released and the total age ranges were from eight to 85 years old.

The youngest victim includes a 17-year-old girl. The oldest — a 90-year-old man.